Gambia has joined up with other counterparts to discuss cyber security resilience across the African continent. Four experts from Gambia joined a further 65 experts as 31 countries collaborated in a two-day meeting titled "Setting the Scene for Cyber Security Status in Africa". The maiden convergence of...
Lomé has played host to Africa's first ever cybersecurity summit with several Africa officials and private industry leaders in attendance. The event has been postponed because of the pandemic but went ahead this week in Togo's city of Lomé. The event has been co-organised by the...
The world moving towards digitalisation has stirred the need to create a framework with strong defence against cyber threats globally. Digitalisation, despite rendering a novel platform for socio-economic development, has also opened the doors for cyber attacks, data breach and many more. With such occurring...
Africa's leading independent telecommunications provider Phase3 Telecom has announced that it will be increasing its security. The move comes as part of a phased approach to provide the company with a more secure infrastructure that can combat cybernetic breaches. This upgrade will also provide support in...
Securex, West Africa's leading exhibition and conference for the security, safety, fire and facilities management sectors is to return to Lagos in May. The conference will engage, inspire and connect more than 3,000 delegates across three days from the 10th – 12th May 2022 at the Landmark Centre...
Live installer training IFSEC and FIREX is aiming to close the skills gap within fire services in the UK with its live workshops in May. The 'skills gap' in the security and fire industries has been highlighted as one of the challenges facing the industry, which...
South Africa has the third highest number of cybercrime victims globally, and cyber attacks cost the country R2.2bn per year. To fortify defences and improve safety against cyber attacks, environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks by South Africa businesses and organisations are being strengthened by two key...
The latest report from Mimecast has warned that the underfunding of critical cyber defences is leaving South African organisations exposed to cyberattacks. The report, titled Mimecast State of Email Security 2022 report, comes at the same time as findings from Altron Systems Integration also warned South African...
Integrated fire management agency Working On Fire have issued a statement over the 'worrying' number of wildfires with climate change thought to be the driving factor. The statement follows a United Nations Environment Programme report that calls for a radical change in government spending on wildfires. The...
VMWare Principal Partner and Africa’s only neutral cloud infrastructure business, Routed, says implementing a workable multicloud strategy hinges on a business properly assessing applications within its current infrastructure environment to decide which cloud is ideal for each of its applications. Managing Director at Routed, Andrew Cruise,...
